Sunday, February 1, 2009

The Nervous System and the Yoga Connection

Our nervous system is divided into two great systems; the Cerebro-Spinal System and the Sympathetic System.

The Cerebro-Spinal System consists of all that part of the nervous system contained within the cranial cavity and the spinal canal - the brain and the spinal cord - together with the nerves which branch off from the same. This system presides over the functions of animal life known as volition, sensation etc.

The Sympathetic System includes all that part of the Nervous System located principally in the thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities and that which is distributed to the internal organs. It has control over the involuntary processes such as growth, nutrition etc.

The Cerebro-Spinal System is sensory, it attends to all the seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, feeling etc. It sets things in motion; it is used by the ego to think – to manifest consciousness. It is the instrument with which the Ego communicates with the outside world.

This system may be likened to a telephone system, with the brain as the central office, and the spinal column and nerves as cable and wires respectively.

The Solar Plexus has been referred to as the “Abdominal Brain”, situated at the back of the stomach on either side of the spinal column. It controls the main internal organs of humans and is the great central storehouse of Prana. The Solar Plexus radiates strength and energy to all parts of the body, even the upper brains which depend on it as a storehouse of Prana.

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